Grassy mounds
In a row.
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Gamla Uppsala, Old Uppsala, is a village near the city of Uppsala known for its huge grass-covered royal burial mounds, standing in a row at the edge of an open plain among meadows and wildflowers, beside an old stone church. From the 3rd and 4th centuries AD it was an important religious, economic and political centre. Old Norse sources say it was the seat of the legendary Yngling kings, and the King of the Swedes was called the «King at Uppsala». A general assembly of all Swedes met here from prehistoric times into the Middle Ages, together with a great fair in late winter. In the Middle Ages it was the largest village in Uppland. You walk paths among the great mounds, visit the small museum on the site's history and finds, and the church next door. It is about 4.5 km in a straight line north of central Uppsala, reached by bus from the city. Do not climb the mounds, as they are protected.
In a row.
Beside them.
And its finds.
Gamla Uppsala, north of Uppsala city
No, they are protected.
By bus from Uppsala.